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Darkness Comes

from Hearthearthearth by Brian Cutean QTN

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lyrics

DARKNESS COMES

Give me just a moment to collect my blues
I'll unpack my thoughts and I'll take off these shoes
Show me the secret your patience exposes
'til everything is coming up roses

Dangle me a thought like a carrot I can chase
'til I'm dancing and laughing a complete change of face
Shudder the trees while the lone highway wails
you're tossing my heart like a ship without sails

Cool me your essence like a breeze from the trees
while the howling north wind makes my blood freeze
You could wake me in the morning when the moon's going down
we'll see the light on the buildings breaking all over town

Pardon my language, but my heart's on the line
it's sweet and sublime most of the time
Now you open me tender and fill me with a song
I feel like I've known all along
but ohh----sometimes darkness comes
ohh----sometimes a darkness comes

Now I'm playing this music without the notes on the page
it's a clever arrangement, but it's showing its age
Still it keeps me in the present and it helps me feel strong
like some kind of celestial song

Now you might wonder why the contingency's showing
but the fragrance of vagrance sees everything growing
I've been finding the roots to anchor my wings
in the song a roadrunner sings
you could hear him singing
ohh----sometimes darkness comes

I once knew a man who thought he could fly
he never thought it was strange and I never once asked him why
but one day he left with a pack of wild geese
and now there's nobody to answer his phone

So the mail piled up while the moon rose and fell
whatever became of him, nobody could tell
but somewhere there's a guy and he's laughing like a bird
while he's flying around self-assured
he's singing ohh----sometimes darkness comes

Sometimes the wind is so strong it makes my hair feel like wings
It sounds like the ocean and it's making my heart sing
But I don't need a teevee or a movie distraction
'cause life is the main attraction

But still, every night I could sing different words
about all I seen and all I still ain't heard
So don't get me wrong or forget how to write
but remember to blow out the light
because ohh----sometimes darkness comes

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from Hearthearthearth, released April 1, 2004

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Brian Cutean QTN Oregon

Brian Cutean/QTN, Oregon songpoet and wordsmith musician, writes songs with offbeat and touching lyrical observations on the socialography of the human condition. He has performed with spirit and whimsy all over these United States for many years.

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